Amina Said, also spelled Amina Saïd (born 1953 in

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) is a Tunisian author and poet. Her father is Tunisian and her mother is

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. Said has been living in

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since 1978, where she studied literature at the

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. She has published several books of

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, Tunisian folk stories, short stories and essays. Much of her work has been translated into other languages, mainly Arabic, German, Turkish, English and Italian. Said has translated works by the Filipino writer

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from English into French. She is a member of the jury (poetry) for the . The Australian composer Richard Mills used her poetry for his work ''Songlines of the Heart's Desire'' (2007).

Awards

Said received the

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Prize in 1989 for ''Feu d'oiseaux'', and in 1994, the

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Prize.

Selected works

*''Paysages, nuit friable'', 1980, Éditions Barbare *''Métamorphose de l'île et de la vague'', 1985, Arcantère, Paris *''Sables funambules'', 1988, Arcantère/ *''Feu d'oiseaux'', 1989, ''

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'', Marseille *''Nul autre lieu'', 1992, Écrits des Forges, Quebec *''L'une et l'autre nuit'', 1993, Editions le Dé bleu, France *''Marcher sur la Terre'', 1994, ', Paris *''Gisements de lumière'', 1998, ''Éditions de la Différence'', Paris

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5th Poetry Africa Festival, 2001
1953 births Writers from Tunis French-language poets Tunisian writers in French Tunisian translators English–French translators University of Paris alumni Living people 20th-century Tunisian women writers 20th-century Tunisian writers 21st-century Tunisian women writers 21st-century Tunisian poets 21st-century Tunisian writers {{Tunisia-writer-stub